Radarkit vs Rankscale AI (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Radarkit if

• Fits if you run a local business and want to see which rivals AI recommends in your city
• Works for online shops tracking their products in AI shopping answers

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you start on Lite: 15 prompts re-scanned every 72 hours, with no extra seats
• Pricey if you need daily scans, which start at Growth for $79 a month
• Skip it if you need Claude or Grok, as neither is among its six engines
• Watch out: state and city level tracking of your other prompts, and SSO, are on the custom-priced Enterprise plan
• Watch out: content articles and outreach credits are capped each month, and there's no yearly billing

Pick Rankscale AI if

• Fits if you want 17+ AI engines on one plan and can do the credit sums
• Works for brands where local results matter, as it shows your place in AI map packs

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you track a lot every day, since monitoring pauses when the credits run out until renewal or a top-up
• Skip it if you want the cheapest plan paid monthly, as Essentials is yearly only and the trial is for Pro
• Pricey if you need the REST API, which starts at Pro+ for $229 a month, or white label at $385
• Watch out: Claude costs 2 credits a run against 0.25 for ChatGPT, so Essentials' 120 credits go fast
• Watch out: extra brand dashboard slots are bought separately in the app

Radarkit

• Lite re-scans prompts only every 72 hours; daily scans start at Growth for $79 a month.
• State and city level tracking and SSO are limited to the custom-priced Enterprise plan.
• Agent use is capped each month, for example 6 to 32 content articles and 10 to 40 outreach and Reddit credits by plan.
• No annual billing option or discount is shown for the self-serve plans; payments can be refunded within 48 hours of a charge.

Rankscale AI

• Tracking is limited by credits, not prompts: each engine run costs 0.25 to 2 credits, and monitoring pauses when credits run out until renewal or a top-up.
• Essentials is sold on yearly billing only; the 7-day trial is for Pro.
• The REST API starts at Pro+ ($229 a month); white-label dashboards start at Growth.
• Extra brand dashboard slots are bought separately in the app.

Radarkit

Tracking through real chat interfaces

Opens ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, Perplexity, Google AI Mode and AI Overviews as a customer would, from 50+ locations, instead of calling their APIs.

Local Radar

Runs prompts from a residential IP in a chosen city to show which local businesses AI recommends, with rank, rating and competitors.

Shopping and Ads Radar

Captures AI shopping carousels with each product's position, price, rating and store, and shows who is buying ads on the same prompts.

AI agents

A content agent drafts articles and optimizations, outreach and Reddit agents share monthly action credits, and a chat agent answers messages.

Traffic and Search Console

Connects Google Search Console and Google Analytics to report visits referred by AI assistants.

Client portal, reports and MCP

A client portal, branded PDF reports, full history, and MCP and API access for Claude, Cursor and other tools on every plan.

Rankscale AI

Wide engine coverage

All plans can query 17+ engines, from ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity at 0.25 credits a run to Claude at 2 credits, on schedules from hourly to monthly.

Visibility, sentiment and citations

Tracks a visibility score over time, benchmarks competitors, analyzes sentiment and shows which sources AI engines cite.

Query fan-out and ChatGPT follow-ups

Shows the internal searches AI engines run while answering, and the clarifying questions ChatGPT asks before recommending brands.

Shopping, ads and local results

Analyzes shopping cards and sponsored ads in ChatGPT, AI Mode and Copilot, and brand placement in AI local and map packs.

AI visits from Cloudflare

A read-only Cloudflare connection reports AI crawler and assistant visits, top pages and the 404 errors AI bots hit.

Sharing, API and MCP

Shareable dashboard links, CSV and Google Sheets exports, Data Studio, an MCP server for AI assistants and, from Pro+, a REST API.

Radarkit

• Lite$29

  per month for 15 prompts, re-scanned every 72 hours

  2 projects, all 6 models, 900 responses a month, 6 content articles, 2 branded PDF reports, and MCP and API access. No extra seats.

• Growth$79

  per month for 50 prompts, scanned daily

  5 projects, 9,000 responses a month, 19 articles, 10 branded reports and 2 extra seats.

• Pro$139

  per month for 100 prompts, scanned daily

  10 projects, 18,000 responses a month, 32 articles, 20 branded reports, 5 extra seats and priority support.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Billed annually. Unlimited projects and seats, custom prompts, 70+ locations with state and city tracking, SSO and a dedicated manager.

Rankscale AI

• Essentials$17

  per month for 120 credits, billed yearly only

  For individuals and startups: 2 brand dashboards and 10 page audits a month. Shown as $20 crossed out.

• Pro$99

  per month for 1,200 credits, billed monthly

  Up to 4,800 AI answers a month, 10 brand dashboards, 50 page audits, Looker Studio and MCP. Unused credits roll over up to 2x.

• Pro+$229

  per month for 3,000 credits, billed monthly

  Up to 12,000 answers, 25 brand dashboards, 100 page audits, REST API access and 5 prompt researches a month.

• Growth$385

  per month for 5,500 credits, billed monthly

  For agencies: up to 22,000 answers, 50 brand dashboards, 200 page audits, white-label dashboards and the agency program.

• Enterprise$780

  per month for 12,000 credits, billed monthly

  Up to 48,000 answers, 100 brand dashboards, REST API access, a dedicated partner, and credit rollover up to 3x.

• Custom PlanCustom

  Built around credit volume and team size, with options such as SSO, custom API work, SLA guarantees and a success manager.

Radarkit

No public discounts listed.

Rankscale AI

• Annual discount

  15% off with yearly billing

  Rankscale's pricing FAQ says yearly billing is 15% cheaper than monthly, paid 12 months upfront, with credits still renewing each month.